07:31 PM

Adani Energy Solutions enters into definitive documents for acquisition of KPS 1 transmission

07:25 PM

” I will fight (election) from Hyderabad”, says Mohammed Azharuddin, Working President, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

07:15 PM

A verbal spat broke out between Jamnagar North MLA Rivaba Jadeja and MP Poonamben Maadam during an event in Jamnagar

07:08 PM

Pakistan election commission says new constituences to be finalized by December 14 as per new census – state tv

07:05 PM

UK PM Sunak’s office: Sunak and crown prince looked forward to meeting in person at earlest opportunity

06:59 PM

BJP chief JP Nadda arrives at Daman Airport in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

06:50 PM

NIA arrests accused in over 9 crore Jaipur Gold smuggling case

06:34 PM

FM: Mutual recognition agreements should be fully leveraged

Also, the FTA with the UK, which is being negotiated by the commerce ministry, will have a lot of scope for Indian chartered accountants to benefit from.

06:31 PM

Former provincial minister Sarfaraz Bugti appointed as Pakistan’s caretaker interior minister – information ministry

06:30 PM

Journalist Murtaza Solangi appointed as Pakistan’s caretaker information minister – information ministry

06:29 PM

FM: There are newer areas that chartered accountants need to familiarize themselves with

Whether it’s carbon auditing and ESG auditing, etc. CAs need to work on them.

06:15 PM

FM at ICAI event: Digitisation has led to greater financial literacy at low costs, enabled retail investors to get into the stock markets. It’s also bringing in transparency in the system

Many people have lost their lives and infrastructure has been damaged in Himachal Pradesh (due to rainfall, landslides). It is unfortunate that some parties, especially Congress, are doing politics on this. I appeal to them to stop politics and work together in this hour of crisis. The central government is providing all possible assistance. I will visit Himachal Pradesh on August 20-21 and meet the affected people

– Union Minister Anurag Thakur

06:00 PM

Congress appoints Mukul Wasnik as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, Randeep Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh

06:00 PM

Congress appoints former MLA Ajay Rai as president of its Uttar Pradesh unit

05:55 PM

Former Central bank chief Shamshad Akhtar appointed as Pakistan’s caretaker Finance Minister: GEO news citing sources.

05:41 PM

Cash for Jobs Scam: ED investigation uncovers incriminating evidence against Senthil Balaji, establishes the nexus and modus operandi for scam

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed Prosecution Complaint before Special Court, Chennai, against V Senthil Balaji, the then Transport Minister, Tamil Nadu on 12/08/2023 for committing the offense of money laundering emanating from the ‘Cash for Jobs Scam’ in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai). The Hon’ble Special Court, Chennai, has taken cognizance of the Prosecution Complaint filed by ED on 16.08.2023. ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of three FIRs registered by the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Chennai in the ‘Cash for Jobs Scam’ wherein 3 chargesheets have been filed arraying V. Senthil Balaji as the main accused. In this case, Hon’ble Supreme Court by order dated 16.05.2023, had directed Tamil Nadu State Police to further investigate and file a supplementary chargesheet within 2 months; and allowed ED to proceed with its investigation lifting the stay on investigation vide Hon’ble Madras High Court order dated 01.09.2022. ED investigation revealed that V Senthil Balaji, the then Transport Minister, by abusing his official capacity, along with his brother RV Ashok Kumar, and his personal assistants B Shanmugam & M Karthikeyan, entered into a criminal conspiracy with the then Managing Directors of State Transport Undertakings (STUs) and other officers of transport corporations and obtained illegal gratification from candidates to recruit them as drivers, conductors, Junior Tradesmen, Junior Assistants, Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer in the transport corporations. During the ED investigation, the bank statement analysis revealed that there were huge cash deposits in the bank accounts of accused V Senthil Balaji and his wife S Meghala. Further, ED has collected incriminating evidence indicating the utilisation of proceeds of crime and establishing the nexus and modus operandi of ‘Cash for Jobs Scam’. During the course of the investigation, V Senthil Balaji was confronted with the incriminating evidence but he failed to rebut the same and offer any plausible explanation, instead, he remained non-cooperative and evasive during the investigation proceedings.

05:34 PM

FTSE indices to delete Jio Financial as trading hasnt started: ET NOW citing agencies.

05:34 PM

Finance ministry may give ₹4,000 cr for 70 lakh new LPG connections (ET Now)

05:32 PM

Mauritius-based Gelt Bery bought stake worth 2.13% in AESL (ETNow citing agencies)

05:25 PM

Ship from Ukraine port nears Turkey despite Russian blockade

A civilian cargo vessel sailing from Ukraine in defiance of a Russian blockade was hugging the coast of Bulgaria on Thursday on its way to Turkey, marine traffic monitors said.The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Wednesday morning — the first vessel to sail since Russia attacked another ship in the Black Sea over the weekend. A German company that co-owns the container vessel said it would “probably” reach its destination in Istanbul later Thursday.

05:10 PM

NCP chief Sharad Pawar says, “On 15th August, PM Modi said ‘Mi Punha Yein’ (I’ll come back again) I want to tell him a similar thing was said by Maharashtra’s former CM Devendra Fadnavis & he came to power but at a lower post.”

05:09 PM

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh: Surender Paul, IMD Scientist says, “The state witnessed scattered rainfall in the last 24 hours. Monsoon is on the higher side this time…If we see the data, there is 43% excess rainfall since June 1 in Himachal Pradesh. Scattered rainfall will occur in the next 4-5 days. There will be controlled rainfall in the state till August 25.”

05:05 PM

Prime Minister like a father figure but he turned his back on the daughters of Manipur: Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Assembly

04:55 PM

India G20: Four-day Youth 20 summit begins in Varanasi

The four-day Youth 20 summit 2023 under the framework of India’s G20 Presidency, started in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday. The Y20 Summit will be graced by Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Nisith Pramanik, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Youth Affairs and Sports and the chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Around 150 delegates from G20 countries, guest countries and international organizations converged to discuss the five identified themes of Y20 including Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovation and 21st Century Skills, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation: Ushering in an Era of No War, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way of Life, Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance, Health, Wellbeing and Sports: Agenda for Youth.

04:46 PM

China’s President Xi: Will resume operations of infrastructure facilities, including power, transportation, telecommunication network: State media.

04:43 PM

No proactive measures taken to curb ragging at Jadavpur University, not satisfied with report: UGC tells varsity on recent student death.

04:43 PM

PM Modi should have gone to Manipur and understood the pain of people there: Sharad Pawar at rally in Beed.

04:42 PM

BJP releases the first list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections

04:41 PM

You talk of providing stable government but break duly elected governments in states: Sharad Pawar to BJP at rally in Maharashtra.

04:33 PM

UGC reprimands Jadavpur University for submitting ‘generic’ report on alleged ragging, sexual harassment of student: Sources.

04:25 PM

NCLT has issued notice and given two weeks to Go First RP to reply

Settlement talks between Go First and Delhivery have failed. Resolution professional given two weeks time to file reply to notice.

04:13 PM

BJP announces first list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh polls

In a first, the BJP today announced first lists of candidates for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, even before the announcement of elections. The party has announced 21 candidates for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly and 39 for Madhya Pradesh, which has 230 seats. Polls in the two states are due later this year.

04:11 PM

Manipur incident painful but more painful is BJP MLAs walking out of Delhi Assembly over issue: CM Arvind Kejriwal in Assembly.

04:10 PM

Entire world condemning Manipur incident but PM kept quiet: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in assembly

04:06 PM

Five women among 21 candidates in BJP’s first list for Chhattisgarh polls; party also announces 39 candidates, including 5 women, for MP.

03:49 PM

NCLT grants one week’s time to Spicejet to file a rejoinder in the maintainability petition and listed the matter on September 15.

03:48 PM

In another petition filed by Aircastle, Spicejet will have to satisfy the tribunal why a notice should not be issued. The petitioner has placed judgements on record stating that two petitions can be filed by same operational creditor. Matter is listed for August 18.

03:48 PM

A new petitioner Celestial Aviation sought two weeks time from tribunal to determine if a reply has been given to demand notice. Celestial Aviation has raised demand notice for $29.9 million.

03:43 PM

India said to mull freeing up $12 bn to quell inflation: ETNow citing sources.

03:42 PM

Rupee falls 4 paise to close at an all-time low of 83.12 (provisional) against US dollar.

03:41 PM

Sensex close

Sensex falls 388.40 points to settle at 65,151.02 points; Nifty declines 99.75 points to 19,365.25 points.

Since the launch of Sanchar Saathi portal, we have detected and deactivated 52 lakh connections that were fraudulently obtained. We have also blacklisted 67,000 dealers engaged in selling mobile SIM cards.

– Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

03:19 PM

Government makes police verification of SIM dealers mandatory, discontinues bulk connections to curb frauds: Telecom minister.

03:14 PM

NATO’s Stoltenberg: We must not become too dependent on China for strategic raw materials

03:10 PM

4 BJP MLAs marshalled out of Delhi Assembly over their protest against discussion on Manipur issue.

Congress govt in Karnataka has betrayed farmers and people of Kaveri River Basin and farmers are surprised with the attitude of this govt. First of all, they never fought their case in Kaveri Water Management Authority, Tamil Nadu instead of using 32 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic Feet), used 60 TMC…they (Karnataka govt) didn’t fight it and let it go…what kind of govt is it?

– Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

02:57 PM

GE Power has withdrawn it’s insolvency petition filed against BHEL, with liberty from the court to revive the application if the debt is not paid. BHEL in a letter to GE Power has showed willingness to settle the debt.

02:57 PM

NATO’S Stoltenberg: Ukraine is slowly but is surely recapturing land

02:48 PM

“They have nothing to speak on Manipur issue…”: Delhi Minister Gopal Rai hits out at BJP

Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Manipur issue and said that they have nothing to speak on the violence-hit northeastern state. Speaking to ANI, Gopal Rai said,” They are running away from the Manipur issue since Day 1. It has been three months now since the violence erupted in the state but still the atmosphere is tense in the state. Even in Parliament, PM Modi was forced to speak on the Manipur after a no-confidence resolution was moved, and he still spoke for just 2 mins.” The Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday is discussing the Manipur issue today. and the Delhi Chief Minister is also expected to speak on the issue.

02:44 PM

UK broadcaster Michael Parkinson had died at the age of 88: BBC

British broadcaster Michael Parkinson, best known for interviewing some of the world’s biggest stars on his long-running chat show, has died aged 88, the BBC said on Thursday, citing a statement from his family.

02:40 PM

Dilip Buildcon Ltd receives letter of acceptance (LOA) for new Project “Construction of Malhargarh Pressurized Micro lifting major irrigation project”, order worth Rs. 699.03 Crores.

02:37 PM

BJP announces 2 Rajasthan poll panels, Vasundhara Raje missing from both.

We are fighting and in hopes of getting justice…We have hired the best lawyers. We hope that the Judges are convinced with our arguments. It is a long procedure but we are waiting.

– National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on SC hearing petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370.

02:16 PM

Russia fines Google 3 million roubles for not deleting ‘fake information’ on Ukraine: Tass

I want to congratulate India for taking forward the integration of traditional & allopathic medicines…We are also creating a platform where we are recognising the importance of traditional medicine in the delivery of health services. It is a wonderful initiative by PM Modi for bringing traditional medicine into the focus as we are discussing health for all agenda…

– Bhutan Health Minister Dechen Wangmo on G20 Health Summit

02:13 PM

Supporters of state minister Dhananjay Munde put up banners of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Beed where NCP chief Sharad Pawar will hold a rally.

Now the important thing is softly and securely landing on the moon and for that, the lander has to separate from the propulsion module…Now ‘Vikram’ has to take its own course of action and for that, it has to separate. After separating, the major event comes. Four 800N thrusters, they have to fire to take it to the lower orbit. This will also be done in two steps…

– Padma Shri & former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai on Chandrayaan-3

PM Modi from the Red Fort launched the scheme ‘Vishwakarma Yojana’. We have also made provisions in the budget for it. PM Modi has decided to support the artisans all over the country who produce India’s excellence and skill. The Vishwakarma Yojana will get launched on 17th September. We are very proud to be here in Raghurajpur in this context.

– Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

01:58 PM

Delhi Assembly session extended for a day. Delhi Assembly will run till Friday, 18th August.